Eagle Scout Project revitalizes Garden at St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Judie Rawlin

Published 10:49 am, Monday, June 22, 2015

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Members of Boy Scout Troop 432 chartered by the Baybrook Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints restoring a garden at St.Mary’s Catholic Church in League City as part of Aaron Lassmann’s Eagle Scout Project. less

Members of Boy Scout Troop 432 chartered by the Baybrook Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints restoring a garden at St.Mary’s Catholic Church in League City as part of Aaron Lassmann’s ... more

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Aaron Michael Kenneth Lassmann, age 17, a junior at Clear Springs High School has had many accomplishments this year including being in the top of his junior class, being named superintendent scholar and completing the requirements for his Eagle Scout Project. Lassmann is a member of Boy Scout Troop 432 chartered by the Baybrook Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The purpose of the Eagle Scout project is to provide the opportunity for a Boy Scout to demonstrate leadership of others while performing a project for the benefit of his community. Aaron fulfilled these requirements as he directed a dozen or more members of his Boy Scout Troop, their younger siblings and his leaders on the grounds of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in League City, Texas.

In describing the project, Lassmann said, “We replaced and rehabilitated a garden area that was planted when the church was built in the 1990s. The garden area was planted and then just filled with weeds and half the plants died. Basically I tore out everything except two Crepe Myrtles, and we planted two more Crepe Myrtles and a bunch of other plants around it. We also put in an angel statue with a stone path leading up to it.”

Lassmann discovered the need for this project in his community. “I asked St. Mary’s Church and they said this garden is really what they needed done because it is on a major street and was an eyesore and there’s also a fire exit that couldn’t be used before because the bushes were in the way,” he said.

Lassmann learned several lessons while completing this project. “There were some planning issues, because you realize how big something might get or that you have too many of something. I revised the plan probably at least a half a dozen times.” He also said, “I learned the importance of planning logistics because at the last minute I didn’t have a truck to transport the Crepe Myrtles.”

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The funding for this project was provided by the Knights of Columbus Council 9310, Belles of St. Marys, SEA Travel Cruises, Diane Moore Independent Consultant of Rodan & Fields, Patrick & Carol Duffin and Kenneth Lassmann.